The Kirkland Highlands is on the Seattle/Eastside radar in lots of great ways these days. The restoration of Cotton Hill Park has been recognized by the City of Kirkland with a grand opening this weekend. Come by the park on Saturday, the 13th at 10 AM at the corner of 110th St and NE 98thfor the dedication of the new park trail. The University of Washington has also jumped in with plans to continue the park’s restoration. Here’s a copy of the email message from Karen Story, our neighborhood communicator, about the University of Washington’s upcoming involvement:
“ University of Washington Restoration Ecology Network Program has chosen Cotton Hill Park for one of its restoration projects this school year! This is a fantastic opportunity for the Highlands. A small team of students will be assigned to Cotton Hill Park for the school year.They will choose one section of the park for their project. They’ll develop a restoration plan and a community outreach and education plan, and do restoration work with our help. If the project goes well this year, there is a good chance they would continue to work with us in future years. This program gives us some ‘much-needed help for restoring the park.This is the first time the UW-REN program has chosen a site in Kirkland, so we should be very proud and honored! They chose us for several reasons, including the fact that our neighborhood has shown so much initiative in starting to restore the park. They also said that having the trail in place was a big plus, as it will make accessing the interior of the park much easier.”
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The restoration of Cotton Hill Park, which had been overgrown by invasive plant species, began with an idea Karen Story and her partner had about saving the park. They met with Sharon Rodman, the envorinmental education and outreach specialist for the city of Kirkland, suggested goats come to eat the invasive vegetation, contacted Rent-A-Ruminant, and a Kirkland Highlands’ neighborhood project was born. The project grew to become Kirkland’s Earth Day project. Come by on Saturday to see the wonderful work that has already been done.
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